<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1254"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=378002011-11112001>Australian PM Michael Howard, winner of yesterday's election that was fought on a platform of xenophobia on both sides, clearly owes his victory to the refugees against which he has defended his country so steadfastly. Two days after announcing the election, Howard accused refugees of throwing their children into the sea to gain asylum, thus demonizing the boat people in the aim of winning over bleeding-heart waverers. After weeks of official blackout and spin, disgusted naval officers are finally speaking out to reveal the government's barefaced lie.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=378002011-11112001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=378002011-11112001><A href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/refu-n10.shtml">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/refu-n10.shtml</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=378002011-11112001></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=378002011-11112001></SPAN>Hakki Alacakaptan</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>